Quadriplegic fired for using medication
A 16 yo was left a quadriplegic from a car accident in 1996. He has spent his life since then in a wheelchair with severe muscle spasms. Over the years multiple medications have been tried to manage these spasms with poor success until 2009 when his doctors finally found a prescription medication which he takes once a day at home in the evening and it works very well with no side effects of concern.
He was hired by Dish (the TV people) as a customer phone rep and consistently performed at the top of his work group earning promotions. The medication had no impact on his work, other than making him able to do it better.
However he was fired when his employer found out about the physician prescribed medication he was legally using. Lower courts have held that the firing is allowed and it is now proceeding to a higher appellate court.
Thoughts?
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